Table 1

Percentages of MCAT Examinees Achieving Scaled Score Levels and

Associated Percentile Rank Ranges by Area of Assessment
Combined 2010 Administrations N = 82,004
Total Score
Percent Achieving Score

10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44

Scaled Score

Scaled Percent Percentile Scaled Score

Score Achieving Score Rank Range Mean = 25.0
45 0.0 99.9─99.9 Std Deviation = 6.4
44 0.0 99.9─99.9
43 0.0 99.9─99.9
42 0.1 99.9─99.9
41 0.1 99.9─99.9
40 0.3 99.6─99.8
39 0.5 99.2─99.5
38 0.6 98.5─99.1
37 1.0 97.5─98.4
36 1.4 96.1─97.4
35 1.9 94.2─96.0
34 2.5 91.7─94.1
33 3.2 88.5─91.6
32 3.9 84.5─88.4
31 4.6 79.9─84.4
30 5.3 74.6─79.8
29 5.5 69.1─74.5
28 6.0 63.1─69.0
27 6.3 56.8─63.0
26 6.2 50.6─56.7
25 6.1 44.5─50.5
24 5.9 38.6─44.4
23 5.5 33.1─38.5
22 5.1 28.0─33.0
21 4.4 23.6─27.9
20 3.9 19.6─23.5
19 3.4 16.2─19.5
18 3.0 13.2─16.1
17 2.7 10.5─13.1
16 2.3 8.2─10.4
15 1.8 6.5─8.1
14 1.5 4.9─6.4
13 1.3 3.6─4.8
12 1.0 2.7─3.5
11 0.8 1.9─2.6
10 0.6 1.3─1.8
9 0.5 0.8─1.2
8 0.3 0.5─0.7
7 0.2 0.3─0.4
6 0.1 0.2─0.2
5 0.1 0.0─0.1
4 0.0 0.0─0.0
3 0.0 0.0─0.0

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Physical Sciences
22 Scaled Percent Percentile Scaled Score
Score Achieving Score Rank Range Mean = 8.3
20
15 0.1 99.9─99.9 Std Deviation = 2.5
18 14 2.2 97.7─99.9
Percent Achieving Score

16 13 1.9 95.8─97.6
14 12 5.7 90.1─95.7
11 9.8 80.3─90.0
12
10 11.6 68.7─80.2
10 9 12.5 56.2─68.6
8 8 15.3 40.9─56.1
6 7 16.6 24.3─40.8
4
6 12.4 11.9─24.2
5 6.8 5.1─11.8
2
4 2.6 2.5─5.0
0 3 2.0 0.5─2.4
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 2 0.3 0.2─0.4
Scaled Score 1 0.1 0.0─0.1

Verbal Reasoning
22 Scaled Percent Percentile Scaled Score
Score Achieving Score Rank Range Mean = 7.9
20
15 0.1 99.9─99.9 Std Deviation = 2.5
18 14 0.2 99.9─99.9
Percent Achieving Score

16 13 1.2 98.7─99.8
14 12 2.6 96.1─98.6
11 10.3 85.8─96.0
12
10 15.4 70.4─85.7
10 9 15.8 54.6─70.3
8 8 15.0 39.6─54.5
6 7 11.0 28.6─39.5
4
6 12.7 15.9─28.5
5 5.9 10.1─15.8
2
4 5.3 4.8─10.0
0 3 2.2 2.6─4.7
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 2 1.7 0.9─2.5
Scaled Score 1 0.8 0.0─0.8

Writing Sample
24 Scaled Percent Percentile Scaled Score
Score Achieving Score Rank Range 75th Percentile = Q
22
T 0.5 99.6─99.9 50th Percentile = O
20
S 3.5 96.1─99.5 25th Percentile = M
Percent Achieving Score

18 R 9.1 87.0─96.0
16 Q 22.6 64.4─86.9
14 P 9.8 54.6─64.3
12 O 13.1 41.5─54.5
10 N 8.7 32.8─41.4
8 M 21.8 10.9─32.7
L 6.6 4.3─10.8
6
K 3.2 1.1─4.2
4
J 1.0 0.0─1.0
2
0
J K L M N O P Q R S T
Scaled Score

Biological Sciences
22 Scaled Percent Percentile Scaled Score
Score Achieving Score Rank Range Mean = 8.8
20
15 0.5 99.6─99.9 Std Deviation = 2.5
18 14 1.7 97.8─99.5
Percent Achieving Score

16 13 2.3 95.6─97.7
14 12 7.2 88.4─95.5
12 11 12.1 76.4─88.3
10 20.2 56.1─76.3
10
9 15.5 40.6─56.0
8 8 15.8 24.8─40.5
6 7 6.4 18.4─24.7
4 6 8.2 10.2─18.3
2
5 3.3 6.9─10.1
4 3.5 3.4─6.8
0
3 1.9 1.6─3.3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
2 0.6 1.0─1.5
Scaled Score
1 0.9 0.0─0.9

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